Chapter 5: Welcome Back
Kairi's POV
"So, you really killed Xehanort?" I asked Ven as we rode in the gummi ship. I enjoyed riding in the gummi ship with everyone, it's been so long since I did anything with anyone. The feeling of freedom was great.
"Yeah, I knew if I didn't he was only going to trap you again. It was my job to end it." Ven smiled at me. I could tell he was glad all of this was over.
"We're glad to have you back." Alice smiled at me. I smiled back.
"We've missed you." Aqua said as she turned to look at me.
My eyes slightly filled with tears, "I've missed you guys too."
It was strange being back in Forks. When I got off the gummi ship I looked up at the gray sky as droplets of water fell from the clouds and hit my face. I smiled and held my hands out at my sides and closed my eyes. "I never thought I'd miss the rain so much."
Jacob walked behind he and put his hand on my shoulder. "This is where you belong," he told me before running after Renesmee in the house.
I stayed behind for a while and watched everyone else go inside. It felt strange to me standing in front of the big white house with a glass wall. "We'll aren't you going to go in?" a voice called from behind me.
I turned around to see Sora who was walking toward me. "It just feels weird, sort of like I don't belong here." I said.
Sora gently put his hand on my shoulder. His touch was careful like he moved on, or maybe he was afraid I didn't love him anymore, "This is where you've always belonged." he kindly said.
I watched everyone that was inside. They were talking and laughing. I watched as everyone would occasionally look out the window and smile at me. The breeze gently blew my waist long hair as I looked down at the ground. My eyes filled with tears and spilled down my cheeks. I was glad it was raining, Nobody could tell I was crying. "I guess that's true. This is my family after." I said after a few minutes as I looked up and started walking toward the house. Sora followed close behind me.
Aqua led me up to my room, which was surprisingly in the same condition as I left it two years ago. "I guess you'd like to be alone." she said, obviously knowing what I want.
I smiled at her sweetly, "I would just for a little bit. It feels weird being back if you know what I mean." she smiled back at me and nodded as she disappeared from sight. I looked around my room for a few minutes, taking in what I left behind. On my bed was a photo album, it was signed from everyone. I gasped when I opened the first page and saw a picture of all of us together, when we first became a family. We all looked so happy, even Terra. I guess Jasper was using his emotional control powers then. As I flipped through the album I saw pictures from my time here, and there were even pictures from after I left. The first six months of pictures everyone looked depressed, but they started looking a little better afterward.
After I looked through the album I got up and started looking around again. When I passed the mirror I looked at myself for a long time. I hated the me I was seeing, it was the real me, it was the person Xehanort created out of me. I scoffed at myself and quickly pulled a hair binder out of my dresser. I walked back to the mirror again and slid the binder in my hair just between my shoulder blades. Then I pulled a pocket knife out of a hidden pocket in my skirt and flipped it open. I slid it under my hair just right above the hair binder and with my free hand held the hair under it. I closed my eyes and quickly pulled the knife through, cutting my hair free. I held my hair in my hand as loose strands fell to the floor. When I opened my eyes I saw Alice standing in the doorway with a new change of clothes.
After I changed into a short red dress, Alice returned with a pair of scissors and fixed my hair up. She was fast and when it was finished my hair came to the bottom of my shoulder blades and my bangs fell to my chin and was brushed to the left side. "Everyone's waiting." she told me when she finished cleaning the hair off the floor.
I nodded and followed her out of my room and down to the living room. Alice was right, everyone was waiting. They were all standing at the end of the stairs. When they saw me, all of them smiled and all of them looked surprised about my new look, especially Sora.
Renesmee was standing in front to the group. Her curly golden brown hair dropping down just above her waist. Her chocolate brown eyes warm and inviting. She had grown a lot, her face was matured and she looked like an angel with the body of a super model. I smiled a her and she held her hand out to me. I put my hand into one of the dress pockets and pulled out the necklace she gave me and when I pressed my hand to her's, she pressed my hand back and shook her head. "It's yours, it's a part of each of us."
I smiled and looked at the necklace. It was a part of them and that's what kept me going. I hooked the necklace around my neck and smiled at everyone. "I'm back."